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UNITED 'STATES 4PNFENT FFICEI GEORGE J. RIBLET, sR., oF' sHINNsTo, vWEST VIRGINIA..

sPEcFIcATIoN farming part of Letters Patent No. e29;2oe, dated .any 1s, ieee.

l Application filed Janna1y12, 1899. Serial'Nol 701,944. (No model.)

To colt whom tm/tty concern,.- I'

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. RIBLET, Sr.,

a citizen of the United StatesV of America, re-

siding at- Shinnston, .in the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-Levers, of which the following is a specication, reference being hadu therein to the accompanying drawings.

ful improvements in lock-levers.

Myjnvention'is particularly adapted for use in connection with throttle-valves in locomotives.

A further object of m y invention is'to con- 'siredwhen used in connection with locono-l tives.

- combination `andarrangement of parts, hereinafter more fullydescribed and particularly pointed ont in the claim.-

' In ,describingthe invention in detail reference Vishad to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specilication, wherein likenumerals of yreference Vindicatel corre rv severalviews.

spondingparts throughout the thereof,and in whichf Figure 1 isa front view ofv myimproved lockingfle'ver. Fig. 2 is a rear 'view thereof.

Fig.'3 is a'pe'rspective viewof` the spring-actuated segmental fastening-block. Fig. 4. is

' merals, 1 indicates abrake or throttle lever an edge view thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspecmental fastening-block..y

Referring" to the-drawings by reference-nul which is pivotally secured, as at 2, toa sup'- guide-bar 4 and' the rack 5. .The rack 5 is My invention relates to certain new and use-' My invention finally consists inthe novel vthehandle 18, asat 28.

29 indicates a series of gures arranged on va portion of the locking-wheel for indicating 'Y -tive `viewof the operating-lever for the lsegportingbar 3 and operates between the curved' while the guide-bar 4 is secured'to the supporting-bar 3 by any suitable means, as at 6.

Secured tothe supporting-bar 3 by any suit# able means, as at 7,`is an upright 8, the up'- per end thereof tapering, as at` 9, forming the indicating-point, and mounted between the said upright 8 and the lever 1 upon theh'aft lOisa lockingwheel 11`for the fastening block 12 and theoperating-Wheel 13, which is adapted to mesh with the teeth 14, formed on the rack. The'shaft 10 is secured in the upright 8 and the'lever 1 in any desirable manner. The fastening-block 12 has its lower end formed substantially segmental shape `and is provided with a series of teeth- 15,

ywhich are to mesh .with the teeth 16, formed on the periphery of the locking-wheel. The sides of the fastening-block are bent at right angles,asy at 17, for the purpose of guiding thcsame as it -is operated upon thehandle 18 of the lever. The fastening-block V12 has formed integral with its top an upwardly-extending pin .19, which operates through the keeper 20, formed on the outer face of the handle. spring 2 lvarranged thereon. The fasteningblock 12 is operated by means of the link 22,

Vwhich is connected thereto, as at 23, at one` end and atthe other end, as at 24, to the op- The pin 19 4has aspiral or resistance erating-lever 2,5.'y This Yoperatingilever has its lowerend, as at 26, bent at right angles,

which is bifurcated, as at27. The bifurcated-'end thereof is adaptedto besecured to purposes that the operator may desire.

The locking-wlieel 1 1 andV operating-wheel '13 being secured together. and revolubly niountedon theshaft 10,-Whi ch is secured to Vlever 1, when the` ksame is movedlaterally it will carry thewheels therewith, and thelocking-wheel 1l, meshing with the'teeth 15, will revolve the wheel and transmit the same mo- [tion to the `operating#Wheel 13.

30 indicates a handlel or grip which'is secured tol or forinedintegral Vwith the support,-

ing-,ban i The operation of my improved lever is as follows: `By forcing the operating-lever25 in- IOO wardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, it

will draw the lever-rod 22 upwardly, thereby carrying the' fastening-block upwardly, releasing the segmental-shaped portion thereof from the looking-wheel l1,and allow the movement of the brake-lever in either direction. When the brake-lever is moved in either direction, owing to the same being pivotally connected vto the upright, the same will carryV the looking as Well as the operating wheel therewith to the positiondesired, and when the operating-lever is released the spring 2l will force the fastening-block into contact with the locking-wheel and securely hold the saine in the desired position.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination, a supporting-bar provided on its upper edge with a series of teeth, a guide-bar suitably connected thereto, a brakelever pivotally secured to the said supporting-bar and operating between the same and the guide-bar, an upright secured to oneside of the said supporting-bar and extending above the same, a shaft secured at one end to the said upright and at its opposite end to the said brakelever,a locking-wheel mounted on the said shaft,'an operating-wheel mount ed on the said shaft adapted to engage the said teeth, a fastening-block having its lower edge made concave-convexe` and formed with a series of teeth adapted to engage the said locking-wheel, guides formed integral with the fastening block at each side thereof adapted to engage the sides of the brake-lever forkeepin g the block in position,an upwardlyextending pin formed integral with the top of the said block, a coiled resistance-spring mounted thereon, a keeper formed integral with one side of the said brake-lever adapted to receive the free end of the said pin for keeping the saine in position and to abut against the upper end of the said spring, an operating-lever having its lower end bent at right angles, bifurcated, and pivotally secured to the said brake-lever, and a link connection pivotally secured at one end to the said operating-lever and at its opposite end to the fastening-block for operating the saine, substantially as set forth. l

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. RIBLET, SR.

lVitnesses:

B. F. TUCKER, L. L. CARDER. 

